Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Episode 385 features ESPN and SEC Network basketball host and analyst Andraya Carter. In this podcast, Carter discusses the women's tournament; how she sees the promotion for Caitlin Clark; the teams that have played the best so far; her anticipated Final Four; the potential of LSU-Iowa; the viewership for women's basketball; the futures of JuJu Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo and our mock draft of all the players in college and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 384 of Sports Media Podcast features Rebecca Quin, who is known as Becky Lynch in the WWE. Her new book, “Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl,” debuted on March 26. Lynch will also be one of the featured matches at the WWE’s WrestleMania 40, a two-night event on April 6 and 7, 2024, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. In this podcast, Lynch discusses her writing process; navigating a personal story against the character most people know her as; becoming a U.S. citizen in the month of March; her journals when she was young; finding time to write a book as a new mother; sharing early versions of the book with her husband Colby Lopez, who is better known as the WWE’s Seth Rollins; how to write about being vulnerable; determining how much to include about other wrestlers; the perils of being well known on social media; the positives and negatives of being married to a fellow wrestler; the allegations surrounding Vince McMahon; leaving her book in the White House and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 383 of Sports Media Podcast features best-selling author Jack McCallum, the writer of “The Real Hoosiers: Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops.” In this podcast, MacCallum discusses the Crispus Attucks High School’s basketball team winning the Indiana state championship in 1955 and 1956, making the Attucks the first all-Black team in the nation to win a state title; why he was compelled to write this book; how he approached the research; the commercialism of such a project; trying to contact Oscar Robertson; the game-changing abilities of Victor Wembanyama; the upcoming oral history of Sports Illustrated and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast features Austin Karp, managing editor/digital for Sports Business Journal, and Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss our viewership predictions for the men’s and women’s tournament; what Caitlin Clark means in terms of overall viewership; whether the men are suffering from a lack of household names; the men’s regular season college basketball viewership; NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC having its most-watched season in five years; predictions for the NBA media package; ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball using win probability on its score bug, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 382 of Sports Media Podcast features Louisa Thomas, a staff writer at The New Yorker who recently profiled Nikola Jokić for the publication. In this podcast, Thomas discusses how she finds her stories; what is unique about covering sports for The New Yorker; how people in sports respond to the publication when she contacts them; how she approaches writing when a subject does not want to talk; profiling Jokic; writing about a First Lady; whether how The New Yorker approaches sports coverage; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 381 of Sports Media Podcast features three members of The Daily Iowan staff — sports editor Kenna Roering, assistant sports editor Colin Votzmeyer and reporter Cooper Worth. The three University of Iowa students have covered Iowa star Caitlin Clark this season. In this podcast, the trio discuss what it has been like covering Clark; the access they get as student journalists; what it is like for Clark as a student at the school; their favorite moment covering Clark; plans to cover the NCAA Tournament and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 380 of Sports Media Podcast features Pablo Torre, the host of "Pablo Torre Finds Out." That show, which is part of the Meadowlark Media company, is available wherever you get your podcasts as well as via YouTube and the Draft Kings Network. In this podcast, Torre discusses how he conceived of his eponymous show and what he hopes to bring to an audience; fusing magazine style journalism in a new paradigm; what happens when you become part of the sports media talent ecosystem; why appearing with Bill O’Reilly changed his career; working for Meadowlark Media; the challenge of not being obsessed by performance metrics; what it means to be in a position to hire a staff; the sports gambling ecosystem and are we are all complicit; if having sex before a competition is an advantage for pro athletes; where sports media might be heading in the near-term; media companies with scale versus a lean staff that targets a certain content area, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 379 of Sports Media Podcast features Julie Kliegman, the former copy chief for Sports Illustrated and the author of a new book, “Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes.” In this podcast, Kliegman discusses the book’s findings; athletes such as Chamique Holdsclaw, Bri Scurry and Michael Phelps being public with their mental health struggles; whether women or male pro athletes more apt to talk about this topic; what non-athletes can learn from elite athletes about mental health; what things are like for college athletes today; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 378 of Sports Media Podcast features Andrew Marchand, a senior sports media columnist for The Athletic. In this podcast, we discuss expectations surrounding Tom Brady as an NFL analyst; how Brady will be judged; the importance of Brady’s first game; what it will be like when Brady is at a game as a broadcaster; what Brady’s arrival means for Greg Olsen; whether Fox’s No. 2 is a better job than the lead analyst for Thursday Night Football; Dale Earnhardt Jr. leaving NBC and heading to Amazon Prime Video and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports; Caitlin Clark impact on the NCAA Tournament and the WNBA; why Marchand believes scale and premium small can win in the media space; the planned Disney-Fox-Warner Bros. Discovery streaming venture; if Puck be a winner longterm; Puck’s acquisition of John Ourand; why Marchand came to The Athletic and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 377 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jason Kirk, a senior newsletters editor at The Athletic, a co-host of the popular college football podcast, The Shutdown Fullcast, and the author of a new novel, “Hell is a World Without You.” In this podcast Kirk discusses growing up in the evangelical community in Georgia and how those churches shaped “Hell is a World Without You”; how sports impacted his upbringing; why college football has such a pull on those who love the sport; the nexus of college football and religion; working on sports newsletters and the growth potential of that content, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 376 of the Sports Media Podcast features Peter King, the iconic NFL writer who announced his retirement this week after 44 years as a sports writer. In this podcast, we discuss King’s reason for stepping away from column writing; the response he received to his announcement; hearing from Peyton Manning and Tom Brady among others; what happens when you lose interest in the transactional part of the job; how NBC Sports responded to his decision; his desire to teach in the future; facing criticism for access journalism; his relationship with Tom Brady; his role in starting the MMQB and those writers he hired; how he feels about Brett Favre today; whether he’s optimistic about the future of football writing, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 375 of the Sports Media Podcast features Sports Business Journal managing editor/digital Austin Karp. In this podcast, we discuss Daytona 500 viewership; how the NCAA basketball tournaments should do viewership-wise; CNBC reporting that Amazon will pay $150 million to televise a wild-card playoff game to cap the 2024 season; Austin hosting a podcast; EA Sports' new college football game, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 374 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sue Bird, the five-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time WNBA champion, and the host of “Sue’s Places,” an ESPN+ original series that features Bird exploring the history and traditions of college basketball. The series is currently in the middle of a 10-episode run. In this podcast, Bird discusses athlete-owned media and the production company she and her fiancee, the soccer great Megan Rapinoe, recently formed; the influence of LeBron James on athlete-owned media production companies; how she views the traditional sports press; the Steph Curry versus Sabrina Ionescu 3-point shooting contest and Kenny Smith’s comments; why it was important for Ionescu to shoot from the NBA 3-point line; how “Sue’s Places” became a series; traveling to meet Caitlin Clark, Dawn Staley, Natasha Cloud, and The Hawk at St. Joe’s; the future of “The Bird and Taurasi Show” at the Women’s Final Four; why Clark captured the public’s attention from her perspective; how Bird projects Clark in the WNBA; what Bird would do if she had Clark’s decision; being marketed as a straight girl next-door in her 20s; whether an openly gay star basketball player in college can have the same endorsement potential as someone who is marketed as the girl next door; playing in Russia; potential replacements for UConn coach Geno Auriemma; where she hops her media companies are in five years and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 373 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kristen Lappas, the director of “Giannis: The Marvelous Journey.” The film debuts Feb. 19 on Prime Video. Lappas works as a director and producer with Words + Pictures and previously worked as a feature producer for ESPN and ESPN Films. In this podcast, Lappas discusses telling Antetokounmpo’s story; how the project came to her; filming in Greece with her subjects; why the Antetokounmpo ended up trusting her; how to navigate the journey of the family versus focusing on his NBA play; the wisdom of Antetokounmpo as a subject, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 372 of the Sports Media Podcast features CNBC media reporter Alex Sherman. In this podcast we discuss the Super Bowl viewership averaging 123.7 million viewers across television and streaming platforms; why the game was up seven percent; Paramount Global announcing layoffs shortly after the game; how much of the bump in viewership should be attributed to Taylor Swift interest; ESPN, Fox and WBD plans to launch a joint sports streaming service this fall; the key question for pay TV distributors such as Comcast, Charter and DirecTV regarding the partnership; what a potential price point can be; whether Alex is bullish or bearish on the standalone ESPN DTC product coming in 2025; the College Football Playoff reported agreement with ESPN on a six-year, $7.8 billion rights extension, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 371 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kenny Smith, who is in his 25th year as studio analyst for Inside the NBA. He will be in Indianapolis this weekend for WBD's coverage of the NBA All Star Game. In this podcast, Smith discusses his basketball consumption; why Inside The NBA has sustained its excellence over the years; the upcoming All-Star Game; why the Celtics are the best team he has seen this year; the NBA’s upcoming media rights deals; the brilliance of Giannis Antetokounmpo; the return of Doc Rivers to coaching; the ceiling for Victor Wembanyama; current NBAers who could succeed in television; his picks for the greatest defenders he faced, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this featured clip of our longform interview with WBD “Inside The NBA” analyst Kenny Smith that will publish on Feb. 14, the analyst offers his thoughts on how Inside The NBA has impacted other studio shows including alt-casts. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 370 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Noah Eagle, who will serve as the play by play voice along with analyst Nate Burleson for Nickelodeon’s broadcast of the Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11. He also is the play-by-play voice of Big Ten Saturday Night – the primetime Big Ten Football game — on NBC and stream live on Peacock as well as college basketball and tennis broadcaster. In this podcast, Eagle discusses the biggest challenge for you when it comes to the Nickelodeon broadcast; how he prepares for it; how you interact with animated characters as a broadcaster; calling a sporting even for kids; how much of the broadcast about explanation; calling future NFL broadcasts; doing college football; being the son of a famous sports broadcaster, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 369 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Tim Kawakami, who covers the San Francisco 49ers and other Bay Area teams as a columnist for The Athletic. He is also the host of “The TK Show” podcast and its various feeds. In this podcast, Kawakami discusses challenges and fun of covering the Niners; what kind of access he gets to Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan; what is unique about covering a Bay Area sports team; why the Niners have such interest in his area; what he sees for sports podcasts heading forward and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 368 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Nate Taylor, who covers the Kansas City Chiefs for The Athletic. In this podcast, Taylor discusses challenges and fun of covering the Chiefs; what kind of access he gets to Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce; the best talkers on the team; how Taylor Swift has impacted the coverage this season; how he finds and pursues stories; what he expects Las Vegas to be like for Chiefs coverage; how much pressure there is on game days; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 367 of the Sports Media Podcast features Sports Media Watch editor and founder Jon Lewis. In this podcast, Deitsch and Lewis discuss the NFL’s Championship Game viewership; Super Bowl viewership expectations; Taylor Swift impact; Greg Olsen; what ESPN will do with its NBA teams; Netflix and niche sports, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 366 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN NHL broadcasters Ray Ferraro and Sean McDonough. They will call the NHL All Star Game on February 3 at 3PM ET on ABC. In this podcast, Ferraro and McDonough discuss the challenges of broadcasting an All-Star Game; what access viewers will get; why viewership is up this year in the NHL; the difference between Canadian and U.S. broadcasts; which players at ice level stand out above the rest; the speed of hockey broadcasts; the best teams in the league so far; whether we see more gambling information in game broadcast; the prospect of NHL plays competing at the Olympics and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 365 of the Sports Media Podcast features The Athletic’s senior women’s baseball writer Chantel Jennings. In this podcast, we discuss the NCAA’s eight-year agreement with ESPN worth $115 million annually to televise 40 college sports championships each year, including the marquee Division I women’s basketball tournament; why it the women’s basketball tournament was not spun off from that deal; what happens next; the teams to watch for as we head to March; Caitlin Clark at Iowa and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 364 of the Sports Media Podcast features The Boston Globe Sports media writer Chad Finn and CNBC media reporter Alex Sherman. In this podcast, we discuss the 10-year deal announced between TKO and Netflix for “Monday Night Raw”; what that deal might been for Netflix getting into the sports rights business; how the deal impacts other media companies; the NFL’s divisional round viewership numbers; which Super Bowl matchup is best viewership-wise between the Chiefs, Lions, Niners and Ravens; Peacock’s churn for its NFL playoff game; the future of Sports Illustrated; staff layoffs at that brand; whether a start-up sports journalism brand can work; Doc Rivers taking the Bucks job and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 363 of the Sports Media Podcast features Paul Finebaum, who hosts the aptly named The Paul Finebaum Show which can be heard on ESPN Radio, SEC Network and Sirius XM Channel 81 from Monday to Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. ET. In this podcast, Finebaum discusses how his show reacted to the retirement of Alabama coach Nick Saban; the reaction of his callers to the news; how Kalen DeBoer has been received in Alabama; the uniqueness of doing his show in the region he does; the prospect of Nick Sabam working at ESPN; what Saban might be like as a game analyst; college football at ESPN next year with the full SEC Football package; how often he knows his callers personally; a caller defending Richard Nixon; the legacy of Phyllis Perkins, known to the college football world as Phyllis from Mulga, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 362 of the Sports Media Podcast features Sports Business Journal managing editor/digital Austin Karp and Jon Lewis, the editor and founder of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss Peacock averaging 23 million viewers for its exclusive Dolphins-Chiefs game; what the viewership number means; why you will see this again next year; how to extrapolate the churn rate; the potential of the NFL buying a stake in NFL; what such a stake would mean for NFL coverage and investigative journalism; Nick Saban’s potential at ESPN; whether Saban would be good on College GameDay; the next few months for Pat McAfee and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts. Google Play and Spotify. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 361 of the Sports Media Podcast features Karen Brodkin, the co-head of WME Sports and an executive vice president at its parent company, Endeavor, and Hillary Mandel, an executive vice president and head of media for the Americas for IMG, an Endeavor company. Brodkin and Mandel have worked as advisors on an endless amount of high-profile media deals, from individual team deals to league deals. They recently served as consultants for the NCAA for its $920 million, eight-year agreement with ESPN. In this podcast, Brodkin and Mandel explain their jobs and the skill sets needed for it; the use of research in evaluating deal points; the current economic environment for sports media rights; why the NCAA ultimately opted not to separate the women’s basketball tournament in its deal; why women’s college sports is on the rise; the Pac-12 falling apart; Peacock’s playoff deal with the NFL and what it means for consumers heading forward, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 360 of the Sports Media Podcast features James Andrew Miller, the best-selling author of books on CAA, ESPN and Saturday Night Live and HBO. In this podcast Miller and Deitsch discuss Pat McAfee accusing a longtime ESPN executive of sabotaging his program by leaking false viewership information to the media; the appearances from Aaron Rogers on McAfee’s show; the support McAfee has from ESPN’s two top executives; the history of ESPN on-air talent challenging executives; why McAfee has leverage; what might happen next; and much more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 359 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN producer Bill Bonnell and ESPN director Jimmy Platt. Bonnell and Platt served as the producer and director for the Michigan-Washington college football national championship game. In this podcast they discuss what is unique about a national college football championship for the production truck; how Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Washington coach Kalen DeBoer are in production meetings; what having two sideline reporters means for a broadcast; how many cameras are used for the title game; how they decide on crowd shots; working with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit; Bonnell being a runner for Frank Gifford, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell; Platt directing the game in which Damar Hamlin collapsed and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this featured clip of our longform interview with ESPN's Hubie Brown that was published on Dec. 28, the Hall of Fame coach and analyst tells a story about the greatness of Wilt Chamberlain. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 358 of the Sports Media Podcast features The Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn and Sports Business Journal managing editor/digital Austin Karp. In this podcast, we discuss the upcoming Michigan-Washington college football national championship game and how we think it will do viewership-wise; our 2024 sports media predictions including Tom Brady joining the Fox booth; the NBA’s upcoming media rights deals; consolidation among the streamers; whether the Paris Olympics will be successful; Laura Rutledge and Stephen A. Smith’s upcoming contracts and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 357 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN NBA analyst Hubie Brown. In this podcast, Brown discusses why he continues to love what he does at age 90; the value of feedback; remaining current with the game in 2023; his Dad as an influence; his Dad telling him in the seventh grade that “you’re always a half-step from the street” and why he carried that with him; how many games he calls annually; what he’s learned about taking care of his body; coaching Kareem and Oscar; Wilt Chamberlain’s greatness and much more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 356 of the Sports Media Podcast features Fox NFL producer Richie Zyontz and Fox NFL director Rich Russo. They are the lead production staffers on Fox’s top NFL team. In this podcast, Zyontz and Russo discuss their second year working with Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen; doing Dallas-Miami; how having two sideline reporters impacts a broadcast; navigating Taylor Swift if she’s at a game; Fox’s 30th year of football; rules analysts; a shared love of Jack Buck; the amount of cameras for playoff games and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 355 of the Sports Media Podcast features The Boston Globe reporter Chad Finn. In this podcast we discuss Al Michaels not getting a playoff game for NBC; HBO’s “Real Sports” ends; where we think the NBA’s TV deal might head; the possibility of Bill Belichick taking a TV job; CFP semifinal viewership predictions; AI In Sports Journalism/Media. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 354 of the Sports Media Podcast features MLB reporter Fabian Ardaya, who covers the Dodgers for The Athletic. In this podcast, Ardaya discusses the challenges and opportunities of covering Ohtani; how the signing changes his job; the Dodgers’ pursuit; what kind of access he anticipates he’ll have to Ohtani; the baseball questions that now exist with the Dodgers; the possibility of covering Ohtani in Seoul and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this featured clip of our longform interview with ESPN's Laura Rutledge that was published on Dec. 8, the ESPN host and reporter discusses the difference of reporting on an NFL sideline versus a college football sideline. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 353 of the Sports Media Podcast features Laura Rutledge, the host of NFL Live and SEC Nation as well as a reporter for Monday Night Football and the NFL Draft. In this podcast, Rutledge discusses how she defines a good sports television host; morphing between NFL and SEC hosting and sideline reporting on Monday Night Football; her professional development at ESPN; living in the North after growing up in the South; women analyzing the NFL on television and how rare that is; the difference between being on the sidelines for college football versus the NFL; her upcoming contract; the competitiveness of working at ESPN, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 352 of the Sports Media Podcast features Ernie Johnson, the host of TNT’s “Inside The NBA” and a 2023 inductee into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. In this podcast, Johnson discusses his Hall of Fame honor; the NBA’s In-Season Tournament; how much he thinks about the upcoming NBA media rights negotiations; why he thinks WBD will retain NBA rights; how father, Ernie Johnson Sr., being one of the finalist for the Ford C. Frick Award; being the son of a famous person; when Ernie decided to become a broadcaster; Ernie Sr.’s playcalling style and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this featured clip of our longform interview with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports broadcaster Ernie Johnson that was publish on Dec. 5, the play by play broadcaster discusses his thoughts on the upcoming NBA media rights and why he is confident WBD will retain. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sports Media Watch editor and founder Jon Lewis and Sports Business Journal managing editor/digital Austin Karp discuss the college football pregame wars; the viewership number for Michigan-Ohio State; the NFL’s Thanksgiving Day ratings; Black Friday viewership; NBA In-Season Tournament; Formula One viewership and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 351 of the Sports Media Podcast features Randy Scott, who co-anchors SportsCenter:AM, the 7-10 a.m. ET slot. In this podcast, Scott discusses his series of tweets which made public his mental health struggles of the past couple of years; how he used therapy to heal; losing 30 pounds in a month and not sleeping; how SportsCenter anchor Nicole Briscoe helped him; the reaction of colleagues; how he approaches things today; working a morning SportsCenter shift; being raised by a Naval aviator; why he wanted to work at SportsCenter and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 350 of the Sports Media Podcast features Pac-12 Networks, Tennis Channel and NBC Olympics play by play broadcaster Ted Robinson. In this podcast Robinson discusses his final weeks as a college football broadcaster for the Pac-12 Networks; how broadcast crews found out about the end of the Pac-12; the loss of jobs for staffers; working Olympic broadcasts since Nagano; calling dozens of major tennis events including the French Open, US Open, Wimbledon, and the Gold Medal match at the 2012 Olympics; calling Team USA baseball Gold Medal contest in the 2000 Sydney Games; being the voice of the Federer-Nadal Wimbledon final in 2008; calling Serena and Venus’s Williams Wimbledon and French Open wins; Serena’s dominance; the keys to calling tennis; working with Bill Walton and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this featured clip of our longform interview with ESPN/ABC Monday Night Football broadcaster Joe Buck that was published on Nov. 16, the play by play broadcaster discusses his longtime relationship with partner Troy Aikman. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 349 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN/ABC Monday Night Football play by play broadcaster Joe Buck. In this podcast, Buck discusses calling the upcoming Eagles-Chiefs game; his long relationship with Troy Aikman and whether they are getting better as a team; the differences between working at Fox and ESPN; whether he pays attention to viewership; his thoughts on navigating Taylor Swift attending a broadcast he is doing; whether the Eagles-Chiefs is a preview of what an ABC Super Bowl would look like; what is unique about Arrowhead Stadium for an NFL broadcaster; Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts in a production meeting; working with his wife, ESPN reporter Michelle Beisner-Buck, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this featured clip of our longform interview with new Detroit Tigers broadcaster Jason Benetti that was published on Nov. 14, the play by play broadcaster discusses why he left the White Sox for the Tigers. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 348 of the Sports Media Podcast features new Detroit Tigers broadcaster Jason Benetti, who also works as a Fox Sports broadcaster as well as Westwood One Audio. In this podcast, Benetti explains his thinking on moving from the White Sox to Tigers; what it’s been like to be the story; his reaction to the Tigers pursuing him; why he ultimately left the White Sox; his fondness for the city of Detroit; the tension between someone who has a national job in addition to local; the importance of ownership buying into a broadcast; his partners on Tigers games; working for Fox Sports in college football and elsewhere; getting know Bill Walton; the value of his Wake Forest law degree and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 347 of the Sports Media Podcast features two writers from The Athletic who cover women’s basketball — Chantel Jennings and Ben Pickman. In this podcast, Jennings and Pickman discuss the biggest stories of the 2023-24 women’s college basketball year; whether last year’s record viewership for the title game will be a catalyst this year; whether the women’s basketball tournament will become open to market as its own property; how accessible the top coaches and players are; the player they would most want to profile; the teams they like as of today and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 346 of the Sports Media Podcast features Austin Karp, assistant managing editor/digital for Sports Business Journal and Ben Fischer, who covers the NFL for SBJ. In this podcast, Deitsch, Fischer and Karp discuss the media-centric issues around the NFL as they head to the second half of the regular season; NFL viewership; YouTube’s relationship with the NFL and Sunday Ticket; the record-low World Series viewership; Dolphins-Chiefs in Germany and why the NFL is so high on games in that country; Colorado returning to non-record viewership coverage; NASCAR’s end of the season; how Bob Knight’s death was covered, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 345 of the Sports Media Podcast features Chad Finn, sports media writer for The Boston Globe, and Jon Lewis, the editor and founder of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast, Deitsch, Finn and Lewis discuss the record-low World Series viewership; whether the Rangers-Diamondbacks numbers mean something bigger for baseball; the buffering issues You Tube’s Sunday Ticket had; Dolphins-Chiefs in Germany; The NFL Network's Rich Eisen as a play by play voice; Pat McAfee on ESPN's College GameDay; how Fox Sports has positioned itself as having a GameDay alternative; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 344 of the Sports Media Podcast features Amanda Gifford, a Vice President of Production for ESPN, who oversees the company’s college football event productions (live games) and the XFL. In this podcast, Gifford discusses what her role entails; how ESPN/ABC’s college football game production happens every week; why college football viewership is up this year; where college football should be as a broadcast play five years from now; why there are so few women college football opinionists in 2023; where she sees sports audio going heading forward; what someone in an ESPN talent office does; whether there will be a women president of ESPN in her lifetime; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices